Queen Anne, lover of the chase, 8 Queen Elizabeth, an ardent sportswoman, 7 Queen Elizabeth at Cowdray, skill with bow, 194 Queen Victoria, benefactor of women, 9 Queen Victoria riding after hounds, 8 R. Rabbit difficult to shoot, 130 Rabbit Shooting, 140 Ranelagh Club, Ladies' Golf Meeting at, 315 Ranelagh Ladies' Golfing group, 1897, 349 Ranfurly, ladies' golf links at, 341 Retriever breaking, rules for, 150 Rhyl, ladies' golf course, 343 Richardson, Mrs. Ryder, golfing, 347 Richmond ladies' golf course, 343 Rifle for small game, 116 Rigby, second for Championship cup in 1897, 84 Romans and Greeks no word for skating, 246 Rook shooting, 117 Royal British Bowmen, 196 Royal Portrush Ladies' Golf Links, 338 Royal Rock Beagles, started by Colonel Anstruther Thomson, 105 Royal Toxophilite Archery Society, 196 _Rural Sports_, by Daniel, recommended, 152 Rye Golf Club, 331 S. St. Andrew's, ladies' putting course at, 341 St. Nicholas, ladies' golf links at, 341 Salisbury, Lady, hunting fox over Hertfordshire, 59 Salisbury, Lady, supporting archery, 196 Sandwich Golf Club, 331 Sandwich Golf Course, 345 Gentlemen's Amateur Championship at, 346 Lady golf players at, 346 Sampson, Sir W. C., _Art of Golf_, 261 Scotch ladies' golf links, 341 Scotland, hunting in, 21 Scott, Sir Walter, excuses Di Vernon for sporting tastes, 4 Sea trout, 177 Serrell, Miss, on Colleen, 45 Shooters, cautions to young, 152 SHOOTING Article on, by the Hon. Mrs. Lancelot-Lowther, 109 _Badmington Library_ on, 115 Beginners, advice to, 112 Books recommended, 152 Dress suitable for, 123 Etiquette to be observed, 112 Judging distances, 129 Measuring distances, 115 Practice recommended, 128 Qualities necessary for, 127 Shrewsbury, Lady, adept with bow, 195 SKATES, 242 Bone, 246-47 Mount Charles, 247 Primitive, 246 Roller-Skates, 248 SKATING "A pass", 252 Beginning, 249 Club Figures, 253 Dress suitable for, 245 Equality on both legs, 236 Exhilarating and healthful exercise, 245 Foreign style introduced in England, 241 Half-circle and circle, 251 Hand-in-hand skating, 237, 252 Ideal Skater, 241 In Holland, 239 Introduced from North, 246 Mastery of both edges, 251 Outside edge, 236 Points to be attended to, 255 Rockers, 252 Scuds, 252 Transition stage in England, 235, 241 Turning a three, 237 Waltzing on skates, 238 South Africa, golf clubs in, 343 Spaniels for rabbit shooting, 141 Spicer, Captain, of Spye Park, harriers sold to Mrs. Cheape, 85 Spong, Mrs., article on croquet, 357 Portrait, 356 Sport for upper classes in middle ages, 1 Sporting dogs, grooming, 151 Starkie-Bence, Miss, article on golf, 259 Portrait, 258 Straits' Settlements, golf links in, 343 Stuart-Wortley, work on partridge, 137 Surtees, his hunting women, 4 _System of Figure Skating_, by Maxwell Witham, 253 T. Tarpon boats, 159; at Captiva, 174